agency
Robert Hales/HSI
producer
Coleen Haynes, Oualid Mouaness
director
Robert Hales
production company
Blind, Inc.
creative director
Vanessa Marzaroli
executive producer
David Kleinman
post producer
Claudina Mercado
designers
Maithy Tran, Yan Ng, Craig Tollifson, design exploration: Lauren Indovina, Christine Kim, Lawrence Wyatt, Christian DeCastro
2d animators
Maithy Tran, Yan Ng, Craig Tollifson, Christian DeCastro, Jesse Franklin, Angie Tien, Lawrence Wyatt, Sakona Kong, Gabriel Pulecio, Paul Lee
rotoscope/tracking
Lin Wilde
director of photography
Jake Polonsky
editor
Ken Mowe
software
Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Shake, Maya, 3DS Max, Avid, Flame
Justin Timberlake
June 29th, 2007
Justin Timberlake and Blind make beautiful music together.
After the award winning success of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy”, director, Robert Hales and Vanessa Marzaroli, again teamed up to create a visually stunning music video that pulsates and vibes. This bi-continental HSI production began with filming on location in Manchester, England while Justin Timberlake was on his European concert tour. Vanessa quickly whisked the green screen footage back here to BL:ND in Santa Monica, CA and began its transformation. After working for 17 days straight with a team of 7 animators, Vanessa was able to create a rhythmic visual narrative interpreting the music and lyrics of contemporary pop’s leading man.
LoveStoned
Every-time I see this video I think its an ad. The ending does save it though, since the pacing is fairly fast and constant from the beginning. I still think the Jet music video is Blind at its best.